NEWMAN, JOHN

Operated by ADAMS RESOURCES EXPL. CORP. (P-5 3996) in the GIDDINGS (AUSTIN CHALK-3) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Oil lease lease 12536District 03Field 34733500NGPA filingOilCasinghead gasSaveExport
Value, all time
$14.7 M
Jan 1993 – Jan 2018
Value, last 12 filed months
$0
at the published price for each month
Months reported
301
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
oil, casinghead gas

The Railroad Commission's own record for the field this lease produces from, including the spacing rule that governs how close together its wells may be drilled.

These are facts about the field, not about this lease. The field holds 5,900 leases and 6,985 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1960-10-29
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
0 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 80 acres. The field rule took effect on 2025-09-30.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: DKT OG-25-00028011: UFT FIELD, ALLOCATION FORMULA SUSPENDED

Severance-tax incentive filings

Applications the operator filed to have this lease's gas taxed at a reduced state rate. A filing is an application, and this page never calls one a reduction that was granted.

ProgrammeFilingsWith an approval dateDatedDocket
NGPA11none

This says nothing about a royalty. A severance tax is charged to the operator. Whether a reduced rate reaches a royalty owner depends on the wording of the lease instrument, which is a private contract this site does not hold.

What this lease produced, and what it was worth

Oil and condensate are valued on the volume the state records as disposed of; gas and casinghead gas on the volume produced. They are different columns of different files, and the difference is not cosmetic.

StreamBasisVolumeValue
OilDisposition201,763 bbl$5,816,576
Casinghead gasProduction3,403,356 Mcf$8,900,571
Total$14,717,146

1,385,668 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 months, carries no value here. No free Texas wellhead gas price exists before 1997, so those months are left out of the total rather than valued at zero. The total above is therefore a floor, not an estimate.

Wells on this lease (12)

Every wellbore the Railroad Commission records against this lease key, with the depth, the last completion and the plug date exactly as filed. A well with no plug date is not stated to be producing — the state files no such flag.

These wells centre on 30.3196, -96.7064. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 1.6 miles.

30.31853, -96.70478 · centre of the wells drawn, derived

What these wells add up to

Every figure below is counted over all of this lease's wells, not over the rows listed above. The Railroad Commission files two facts about a well's state — a plug date and a proration-schedule flag — and a well can carry both, so they are published as separate counts and never merged into a status.

On the schedule
100.0%
12 of 12 wells
With a plug date
100.0%
12 of 12 wells
Median depth
8,898 ft
12 wells filed one
Completion to plug
33.5 years
median over 12 wells

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
12100.0%
A plug date is filed
12100.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
12100.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
00.0%

A plug date is the date the Commission recorded the wellbore as sealed with cement and abandoned. It is the only end-of-life fact Texas files. There is no "active" flag on a well, so this page does not print one — a well with no plug date is not stated to be producing.

How deep they were drilled

Total depth in feet, 12 of 12 wells. Median 8,898 ft, with the middle half between 8,737 and 9,167 ft; the shallowest is 8,386 ft and the deepest 9,276 ft. The median is published rather than the mean, because a single mis-keyed depth moves a mean and cannot move a median.

When they were last completed

Last completion by decade, 12 of 12 wells, Aug 1979 – Jul 1983. This is the LAST completion filed on each wellbore, not the first — a well recompleted in 2019 counts once, in the 2010s.

Completions filed
Aug 1979 – Jul 1983
12 of 12 wells
Plug dates filed
Jun 1996 – Dec 2016
12 of 12 wells

Last completion to plug: a median of 33.5 years across the 12 wells that filed both dates, with the middle half between 31.6 years and 34.9 years. The gap is the distance between two filed dates. It is not a statement of how long the well produced.

12 wells

42-0513243099,209 ftJul 1983Oct 2016Yes
42-0513243879,276 ftJun 1983Nov 2016Yes
42-05132432109,195 ftJun 1983Nov 2012Yes
42-05132413119,110 ftMay 1983Dec 2016Yes
42-2873109449,158 ftMar 1982Jun 1996Yes
42-28731125128,597 ftFeb 1982Nov 2016Yes
42-0513194288,755 ftDec 1981Dec 2016Yes
42-0513185758,955 ftNov 1981Nov 2016Yes
42-0513181338,684 ftOct 1981Sep 2016Yes
42-0513075268,765 ftOct 1980Jan 2013Yes
42-2873062828,386 ftJul 1980Oct 2016Yes
42-2873047218,841 ftAug 1979Sep 1999Yes

The API number is the state's, prefixed 42 for Texas. A well is matched to this lease by the lease key the Commission files on the wellbore record, so a well that has moved between leases appears under each one it was filed against.

Every month this lease reported (301)

Volume × price = value, one row per cycle. The price columns are the same series published on the prices page — nothing here is modelled.

301 months

Jan 20180062.874.01$0
Dec 20170057.272.92$0
Nov 20170055.423.12$0
Oct 20170049.292.98$0
Sep 20170047.523.09$0
Aug 20170045.373.00$0
Jul 20170043.873.09$0
Jun 20170042.493.09$0
May 20170045.373.26$0
Apr 20170047.933.21$0
Mar 20170046.772.98$0
Feb 20170050.452.95$0
Jan 20170049.413.42$0
Dec 20160048.763.72$0
Nov 20160042.492.64$0
Oct 20160046.193.09$0
Sep 2016217041.553.10$9,016
Aug 2016581,18941.442.92$5,881
Jul 201677664041.622.92$34,169
Jun 201612,31445.352.69$6,260
May 201602,86542.521.99$5,704
Apr 201604,00136.561.99$7,966
Mar 201614,07933.011.79$7,351
Feb 20161743,99126.472.06$12,842
Jan 20161654,69927.352.36$15,623
Dec 20151484,22732.362.00$13,249
Nov 20153584,36638.792.17$23,349
Oct 201554,90543.552.43$12,120
Sep 201505,56242.992.76$15,342
Aug 20151634,59240.162.87$19,737
Jul 201524,40948.152.95$13,081
Jun 20153232,65956.152.88$25,802
May 20151684,31655.212.96$22,031
Apr 20151284,79049.822.71$19,341
Mar 20153594,60842.892.93$28,921
Feb 201534,39544.662.98$13,214
Jan 20151414,47143.433.10$19,987
Dec 20143744,90354.693.59$38,063
Nov 201404,54670.464.25$19,329
Oct 20141714,89078.303.90$32,465
Sep 201434,25786.164.05$17,480
Aug 20141345,03989.394.04$32,311
Jul 20141825,03796.564.18$38,627
Jun 20141774,68298.164.74$39,552
May 20141644,93794.734.73$38,871
Apr 20142225,02395.944.81$45,455
Mar 201435,35895.895.06$27,382
Feb 201424,54997.406.19$28,362
Jan 20146815,20090.404.86$86,838
Dec 201355,20791.824.35$23,133
Nov 20133624,88588.853.74$50,425
Oct 201325,39997.423.78$20,600
Sep 20131665,369104.113.72$37,243
Aug 20131055,538104.253.52$30,454
Jul 201365,995102.523.72$22,903
Jun 20131725,66194.403.93$38,504
May 201327,67894.834.15$32,046
Apr 20137733,26793.964.28$86,622
Mar 20131865,29893.623.91$38,144
Feb 2013805,22491.233.42$25,164
Jan 2013676,06591.603.42$26,879
Dec 201225,93686.773.42$20,476
Nov 20123906,07586.953.62$55,932
Oct 20123356,43889.383.40$51,829
Sep 20121566,07394.672.92$32,492
Aug 20123277,06392.662.91$50,840
Jul 20122346,45685.133.02$39,423
Jun 20121655,99779.822.52$28,277
May 20123205,94191.612.49$44,098
Apr 20122376,876101.652.00$37,821
Mar 20124776,408105.052.22$64,348
Feb 201225,828101.102.57$15,182
Jan 20122376,34198.092.73$40,584
Dec 20113456,00796.873.24$52,881
Nov 20111796,00195.723.31$37,005
Oct 20111696,34684.983.65$37,515
Sep 20113416,07983.623.99$52,744
Aug 20111666,25883.404.15$39,811
Jul 20114586,29094.144.52$71,530
Jun 20113156,22792.904.64$58,156
May 20111736,93398.134.40$47,515
Apr 20112736,144105.964.33$55,551
Mar 20111636,48096.364.06$41,998
Feb 20113355,96485.644.18$53,619
Jan 20113286,35086.504.59$57,511
Dec 201047,00385.734.35$30,790
Nov 20104396,58980.843.80$60,496
Oct 20101707,13578.103.51$38,313
Sep 20103426,29072.633.98$49,870
Aug 20101826,91273.684.42$43,956
Jul 20102647,67372.554.74$55,496
Jun 20105008,10970.364.91$74,998
May 20106756,06671.124.24$73,697
Apr 20103496,00681.694.12$53,271
Mar 20104527,31078.394.39$67,513
Feb 20101736,27273.585.44$46,864
Jan 20106537,91774.365.96$95,775
Dec 20091587,03171.445.48$49,844
Nov 20092797,50374.593.75$48,958
Oct 20095267,85672.544.11$70,446
Sep 20091908,34065.543.06$38,013
Aug 20092718,81167.423.22$46,629
Jul 20091,0246,61561.133.46$85,515
Jun 20093507,88866.163.90$53,880
May 20093148,11454.743.93$49,042
Apr 20095178,69446.773.59$55,370
Mar 20096719,78342.144.06$67,985
Feb 20092867,37132.814.63$43,534
Jan 20093588,48735.865.37$58,422
Dec 20083418,12537.105.98$61,215
Nov 20085028,21555.496.86$84,214
Oct 20084688,91675.246.92$96,929
Sep 20083466,376101.767.88$85,433
Aug 20084788,300114.228.48$125,006
Jul 20084989,921131.0811.39$178,272
Jun 20086857,913131.3313.03$193,088
May 20083429,503123.1711.57$152,115
Apr 200835310,111110.3110.45$144,649
Mar 200848,567101.909.66$83,200
Feb 20084917,18192.538.77$108,414
Jan 20083077,94490.388.21$92,933
Dec 20071726,21488.337.30$60,567
Nov 20072436,25791.677.29$67,900
Oct 20073526,59982.856.92$74,841
Sep 200745,62275.846.24$35,408
Aug 20073906,07469.066.39$65,734
Jul 20071626,70370.906.39$54,304
Jun 20071486,45062.007.55$57,864
May 20075286,67658.747.85$83,396
Apr 20073546,76359.617.81$73,889
Mar 20073096,91656.927.30$68,089
Feb 20071836,56355.108.22$64,005
Jan 20071787,67150.306.73$60,555
Dec 200627,09156.656.92$49,172
Nov 20064977,16554.207.62$81,517
Oct 20061687,53754.906.01$54,549
Sep 20066897,35560.085.04$78,444
Aug 200627,70168.717.34$56,662
Jul 20061587,46269.376.34$58,290
Jun 20061778,81666.286.38$68,012
May 20061987,57866.016.42$61,759
Apr 20062637,78564.397.36$74,236
Mar 20064257,71656.707.08$78,749
Feb 20065027,06457.597.75$83,664
Jan 200647,93860.598.93$71,155
Dec 20058627,25454.9413.42$144,674
Nov 200527,74854.6910.59$82,148
Oct 200528,46458.3413.80$116,884
Sep 20055187,61261.4512.08$123,776
Aug 20051108,56161.519.80$90,637
Jul 20059567,61155.697.84$112,938
Jun 20055177,72652.337.38$84,081
May 200537,76345.226.65$51,769
Apr 20051627,69049.207.36$64,572
Mar 20053627,77850.377.15$73,885
Feb 20051776,79445.226.31$50,887
Jan 20056847,92543.166.32$79,625
Dec 20043528,34239.866.75$70,348
Nov 20044926,97945.286.33$66,458
Oct 20041767,78549.706.52$59,467
Sep 20043426,92243.245.28$51,363
Aug 200427,49442.375.55$41,681
Jul 20045358,03538.286.08$69,366
Jun 20048598,44836.106.43$85,356
May 20041598,64837.486.49$62,124
Apr 20043518,39634.475.86$61,287
Mar 20046748,75334.365.53$71,564
Feb 200428,25032.455.51$45,519
Jan 20044988,63832.036.30$70,367
Dec 20031788,62130.266.30$59,713
Nov 200318,28328.804.60$38,091
Oct 20037098,60428.174.76$60,924
Sep 200318,65526.314.75$41,132
Aug 20036989,13929.765.13$67,653
Jul 20031,3459,39829.415.17$88,152
Jun 200308,14328.565.98$48,719
May 200308,48526.595.97$50,678
Apr 20031557,83126.675.41$46,478
Mar 200308,70231.146.10$53,048
Feb 20037678,22333.487.93$90,854
Jan 20035328,77030.315.58$65,079
Dec 200238,99926.914.85$43,760
Nov 200208,64224.664.14$35,752
Oct 20028079,17626.464.23$60,160
Sep 20021698,35327.443.64$35,002
Aug 20023329,29425.963.16$38,026
Jul 20021609,61324.583.06$33,366
Jun 20021629,20523.733.34$34,573
May 20023229,77424.663.58$42,971
Apr 20026409,64523.653.51$49,012
Mar 20023,7358,86822.003.10$109,685
Feb 20027128,56218.222.38$33,313
Jan 20023579,99117.172.38$29,865
Dec 2001010,18616.932.36$24,084
Nov 200134310,14118.072.41$30,592
Oct 2001110,52819.782.53$26,644
Sep 200133612,94124.262.25$37,286
Aug 20011,04510,93124.873.05$59,363
Jul 20013519,45423.933.20$38,625
Jun 20018489,23624.563.82$56,147
May 20011839,81725.524.31$46,955
Apr 20016749,79324.685.34$68,883
Mar 20013469,22424.545.38$58,083
Feb 20011,0188,68027.755.77$78,308
Jan 20013649,85627.478.40$92,777
Dec 200053010,30226.889.12$108,226
Nov 200054010,88732.215.66$78,992
Oct 200034011,38031.235.15$69,174
Sep 20001,02411,22831.875.19$90,869
Aug 200068411,49929.644.54$72,488
Jul 20001,21912,37428.534.09$85,385
Jun 200051712,52929.304.40$70,241
May 200066712,37027.263.68$63,701
Apr 200052212,81524.513.12$52,726
Mar 20001,76814,22828.422.86$90,935
Feb 200036410,82727.622.73$39,574
Jan 2000112,89325.272.48$32,006
Dec 19991,54512,74224.282.42$68,396
Nov 199958812,44323.192.43$43,922
Oct 199991913,15320.982.80$56,158
Sep 199956312,87421.752.62$45,960
Aug 19991,02613,31519.262.88$58,049
Jul 199917013,18717.892.37$34,326
Jun 199968313,59015.942.36$42,988
May 19991,80014,34915.792.32$61,726
Apr 19992,44114,08515.102.21$67,959
Mar 199937715,83712.471.84$33,815
Feb 199935814,2819.981.82$29,533
Jan 19991,12016,17510.381.90$42,357
Dec 199835815,5789.201.77$30,918
Nov 199886314,09610.892.19$40,208
Oct 19981,41115,35612.421.97$47,764
Sep 19981,14814,64712.592.08$44,957
Aug 19981,58115,77111.301.91$47,946
Jul 199858214,70611.742.24$39,734
Jun 199877414,78711.242.24$41,782
May 19982,14715,78312.622.21$61,918
Apr 19981,13914,90113.042.51$52,184
Mar 199891714,83912.802.31$46,007
Feb 199881413,28813.952.30$41,906
Jan 19981,14114,70814.702.15$48,465
Dec 19972,38715,89916.322.41$77,290
Nov 19971,09514,80118.193.09$65,627
Oct 19971,18516,84519.253.15$75,870
Sep 19971,44017,44117.742.95$77,082
Aug 19971,13116,50617.862.55$62,368
Jul 19971,19018,15217.582.25$61,707
Jun 199784617,51717.242.26$54,124
May 199776418,00518.972.31$56,058
Apr 199783417,43017.882.08$51,215
Mar 19971,29718,64318.951.94$60,730
Feb 19971,14814,74320.492.21$56,044
Jan 19971,41818,34523.483.54$98,230
Dec 19961,33318,48823.32$31,086
Nov 19961,34818,55021.97$29,616
Oct 19961,58517,86923.31$36,946
Sep 199695218,50522.22$21,153
Aug 19962,44414,68020.26$49,515
Jul 199654524,23919.55$10,655
Jun 19961,24723,64518.73$23,356
May 19961,41924,82019.43$27,571
Apr 19961,61428,11321.51$34,717
Mar 19961,11226,32919.38$21,551
Feb 19962,39521,86216.98$40,667
Jan 19961,91022,28317.07$32,604
Dec 19951,35224,16417.19$23,241
Nov 19951,94823,69916.00$31,168
Oct 19951,12224,50815.43$17,312
Sep 19951,63125,60616.18$26,390
Aug 19951,29026,06315.92$20,537
Jul 19951,31525,51015.24$20,041
Jun 19952,00825,07916.41$32,951
May 19951,65525,14017.56$29,062
Apr 19951,50924,67217.73$26,755
Mar 19951,81827,09916.44$29,888
Feb 19951,36125,30116.58$22,565
Jan 19952,37429,05515.92$37,794
Dec 19941,68127,53515.03$25,265
Nov 19941,67127,47815.90$26,569
Oct 19942,01930,30315.58$31,456
Sep 19941,08628,92715.29$16,605
Aug 19941,93227,34416.13$31,163
Jul 19941,94628,64717.56$34,172
Jun 19942,63428,88417.09$45,015
May 19943,52230,57315.88$55,929
Apr 19941,07429,36014.14$15,186
Mar 19942,61529,89912.46$32,583
Feb 19941,67730,13312.50$20,963
Jan 19943,07030,35812.66$38,866
Dec 19931,96233,11912.33$24,191
Nov 19932,51032,31914.49$36,370
Oct 19932,10936,08815.85$33,428
Sep 19931,77536,20515.03$26,678
Aug 19931,71035,62715.66$26,779
Jul 19932,18437,62515.46$33,765
Jun 19932,77841,12616.79$46,643
May 19932,96743,08017.68$52,457
Apr 19933,53044,68218.05$63,717
Mar 19933,69944,41918.14$67,100
Feb 19933,33342,82717.90$59,661
Jan 19934,09943,83116.93$69,396

How to read this page

The arithmetic is one multiplication per stream per month. Here it is, worked, on a real row from the table above.

Sep 2016 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Oil                  217 bbl  × $ 41.55 =     $9,016
Casinghead gas         0 Mcf  × $  3.10 =         $0

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Month total                                   $9,016

The volumes are the state's, unchanged

Every barrel and every Mcf on this page is a number the Railroad Commission of Texas published in its monthly production query. Nothing is modelled, estimated or filled in.

The dollars are a multiplication, not a valuation

Volume × a published monthly price. It is not what the operator was paid: it takes no account of a contract, a differential, a transportation deduction, or the share any one owner holds.

Oil and gas are priced differently

Oil is a Texas realisation — the crude oil first purchase price. Gas is a benchmark, because no free Texas wellhead gas series exists at any date. The prices page publishes the difference rather than correcting it away.

A lease is not a well

The state reports oil on lease and gas on well, and this page is the lease grain. 03/O/12536 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.